There are some parts you just don’t see on custom bikes nowadays. Like mirrors, center stands, fork reflectors, and—heck—even fenders. They all end up in the bin faster than you can order a roll of pipewrap. But this restomod BMW R65 has all of those things—plus decent sized lights, touring handlebars and a cushy seat.…

The last Das Traumwerk build we featured was controversial to say the least: a boardtracker with a bright yellow engine. Now Alex Ahrer and Herwig Prammer are at it again, with their mischievous Austrian sense of humour. This time, they’ve taken inspiration from the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. They asked themselves the question: What…

‘Svelte’ is not a word that sits comfortably in the BMW design language. These days, the machines that roll out of BMW Motorradwerk in Berlin are best described as imposing—or in the case of the sportbikes, angular. It wasn’t always that way, though. The R65 of the early 1980s had a compact frame, and it’s…